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WorksheetsCh. 16-1 The Americas
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins
What became the most important food to the early native people of the Americas?
Wheat
Barley
Millet
Corn
2 groups the Hopewell and Mississippians settled in the eastern part of the present day United States. What aspect of their culture did they share?
They all built chinampas
They all built Pueblos
They all built observatories
They all built mounds
The Americas are made up of North America, South America, Central America and the Caribbean.
True
False
According to some scientists, how did ancient people cross from Asia to North America?
Using a primitive raft
By Viking ship
Across a large glacier
Using a land bridge
People who wander from place to place and have no settled home are called
migration.
glacier.
origin story.
nomads.
The longest river in North America is the
Amazon
Mississippi
Nile
This is a type of corn.
Cacau
chinampas
Montezuma
maize
According to most historians, how did the first people come to the Americas?
The crossed the Atlantic ocean on boats
The crossed the Pacific ocean on boats
A land bridge that crossed the Bering Strait
North America used to be connected to Europe
Is this a map of North America or South America?
North America
South America
The Mississippi is the biggest __________ in North America.
river
mountain
prairie
The Andes Mountains are in __________.
South America
Central America
North America
Maize
The most important food in the Americas. Maize is corn.
Material used to build the houses in the Americas
Civilization who defeated the Spanish
